jdeastbay

Friday night in the Bay Area (hw 280) around 10pm. Don't get many chances here to open it up with the traffic. Between 90 and 115mph in very light traffic for approx 15 miles. The Ka band starts to go nuts, drop to 65mph and snuggle up against two other cars. See the head lights coming...closer...closer... and slowly by me. Held my breath for 5mins. Would have been toast w/o it.

The Godfather

V1 saves me countless times, from the crazier speed traps ever. I love it!

SleepersRock

FYI. 680 in the south bay is having a crackdown on speeding by CHP in month of July.

EastCoastAMG

V1 is the best, period. Mine is 7 years old and works as good as it did on day 1, even without POP. The day it dies is the day I buy another one. There is no better detector.

NickyBlack

I swear by it. I have one in each car.

tthoang1

Every time I'm on 280, I spot at least 3 speed traps (especially around 92). There are certain areas where there's no over passes and on ramps, that's when I let the cars breath.

neveo

does the chp use something other than radar on 101 in Marin and 280 in San Mateo? lastly where do you guys mount your detectors in the car in order save the car from being broken into ?

DarkXerox

Yeah exactly what I do. But I've only noticed Ka get used by the CHP so I tend to ignore anything else. As for mounting the detector, I just use the suction cups in the center of the windshield and put it away if I'm parked in a bad area.

tthoang1

On the GG bridge heading into Marin, they use Ka, but I have seen them use laser. There was a recent article in the SF Chronicle about them using laser in more speed traps. I also mount my RD on the lower part of my windshield since they will try to nail my headlights or grill. I take it off when I park. I have the built in front and rear K40's in my E55 so it's stealthy.

I have noticed more CHP sitting at on ramps just slightly above sight line. They monitor traffic as it goes by. I was hit with Laser recently on 280 in Santa Clara. He was parked on the left shoulder and hitting cars in the passing lane. Fortunately for me, I picked up his laser behind other cars in front of me and was able to let up on the gas.

dpavid

Anyone here try this? They videos on youtube proving creditability. Does it really work? is it legal?

http://www.blinder.net/

EastCoastAMG

Only about 50% of the time. Not quite good enough to rely on. Also, not a bad thing to subsidize the V1 with, which is 100% credible.

bobgodd

I used to live in the Bay and I visit a few times a year and I'd be hesitant to speed ANYWHERE up there. I don't get down to the 280 much but in the east bay if you don't get hit up by CHP, you'll get messed up by the potholes on the 880

jdeastbay

That is exactly why I was pushing it on 280, 880 "Road to Baghdad" is my usual drive. 95% of my city cops and CHP are Ka band. Very few hits with laser to date.

2005E55AMGLOL

i see a lot more police on local streets in santa clara and san jose/cupertino area than on the freeways.

and downtown SJ, but thats just a given.

anyhow, anyone do a blinder jammer install before? i hear those are really time consuming and a pita.

Jon2007E63P30

TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!!!!

I Like Soup

The cops out here in AZ seem to only use Ka so whenever that one goes off it is hard on the brakes! The other bands, well, I'll start looking around and lay off the throttle.

Love my Valentine.

Wryfox

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck....

I Drive with V1 in MBE55 everywhere..but wife is away on duty..took her Z3 convertible for a spin..hasn't been driven for months...didn't take V1...from stop light for a short stretch of straight road to a long on-ramp of highway I gunned it...wasn't really looking at speedo. I'm on middle of on ramp..I see grill lights behind me...what? CRAP! This is the first time ever I have heard of (let alone being me) anyone being stopped on an on-ramp. He comes walking up to me..chuckling..turns out he was right behind me at the light in an unmarked. Read me all the way onto the on-ramp where I exceeded 'posted' speed.

Thoughtfully he didn't write me a speeding ticket..here in florida a warning can be written out as "failure to follow posted signs". Still a fine. BTW, speed limit of an on-ramp is whatever speed the road preceding the on-ramp was, until you reach the highway. Also, in Florida, 30 over limit is a criminal offense, go to jail, car towed and impounded. Glad that didn't happen.

Word to the wise.

speedpeddler

Yea. The traffic enforcement in Palm Beach County is oppressive to say the least. You got lucky not getting a ticket. That never happens to me.

Funny, you drive an E55 and the wife drives a Z3. My wife drives a Z4 and I drive an E55. How do you stand that Z3? Nobody else in my household will drive the wifes Z4. Too small, too slow, noisy, and rough.

She loves it. LOL

Vader13

x100000000 teh V1 saves my *** everyday..

Wryfox

The Z3 is a nice car. I think MSport is supposed to be mild upgrade but not true M car. has M badge, M steering wheel, larger wheels and tires though not M version. Was told motor is 250hp vs 215. It was a BMW CPO car that came off 3yr lease so is a stock model but can't find any official info on it. It's pretty zippy actually, way faster than my buddys base model Z3.